Milk-strainer.



R.L.'LYNGH.

MILK STRA-INER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..15, 1912.

Lsw. Patented Ju1y16,1912.

ROBERT L. LYNCH, 0F CAMPBELLSBURG, KENTUCKY.

MILK-sinninnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Application filed April 15, 1912. Serial No. 690,911.

and similar receptacles.

\ @ne-object of the present invention is to provide a device' of thistype comprising lfunnelfshaped elements, one of which is adapted toreceive the liquid, and the other of which is adapted to receive theupper end of the receptacleto be lilled, novel means being provided foroperatively connecting these parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a deviceot this typecomprising separable parts having interlocking` means for preventingrelative movement between said parts, the parts being provided.v withmeans to hold a Screen. f

lVith the foregoing and other objects .in view, which will appear as thevdescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed vand claimed, it being understood .that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scopeot' what is claimedv without departing from thejspirit of the invention.

In the draWings,-Figuie 1 shows the invention in side elevation; Fig. 2is a longitudinal section; and llig. 3 is a transverse section upon theline 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a primary funnel-shapedmember l which may be equipped at one side with a handle 2. The primaryfunnel-shaped member 1 .terminates in a cylindrical part Qa, from whichproject pins 3. At the line of juncture between the cylindrical part 2aand the body poition of the'member 1 there is an external bead orshoulder denoted by the reference character et. The invention furtherincludes a secondary tunnel-shaped member 5, provided with a cylindricalportion 6 at the extremity of which is an ont standingl bead T, At theline of juncture between the cylindrical portion 6 and the body portioni the nwinber 5 there is an internal bead or shoulder denoted by thereference character S. In the upper edge of the cylindrical portion G ofthe secondary funnel-shaped member tvliere are bayonet slots 9 adaptedto receive the pins 3. The

transverse branches 10 of the bayonet slots 9 are inclined with respectto the axis of the device, for a purpose which will be set forthhereinafter. the shoulder 8 of the member` 5 and the A screen l1 isplaced upon`\ fil) cylindrical portion 2a of the member his ,Y

placed within the cylindrical portion (3v of the member 5, the screen 11being bound between the lower edge of the cylindrical portion 2, and theinternal shoulder 8. The external shoulder 4 ot' the member 1 bearsagainst the bead 7 of the member When the pins 3 are inserted into thebayonet slots t), and when relative rotatory movenient takes placebetween the parts 1 and 5, the pins 3 will ride into the inclinedtransverse branches 1() of the' bayonet slots 9 and force the parts 2aand 6 into teleseoped relation, so that the screen 1.1 will be boundforcibly between the lower end of the part 2 and the shoulder 8 of thepart 5. Atthe saine time, the external shoulder 4 of the part 1 will becrowded down upon the bead 7 which is formed at the upper edge of thepart (5. Owing to the fact that the shoulder 4A engages with the bead 7when the screen 11 is bound between the lower edge of the part 2 and theshoulder 8, the part 2 will be prevented from moving downwardly in thepart 6 to too great an extent, thereby crowd.- ing the screen 11downwardly ott the shoulder S. It is to be noted that the bead 7 of thepart 6 overhangs the transverse branch 10 of tliebayonet slot 9, andconsequently the bayonet slot is reinforced to withstand the strainimposed thereon bythe piir. It will be understood readily that anydesired number of bayonet slotsftl` and pins 3 may be provided.

The funnel-shaped parts l and 5 Hare in opposite directions, the part 1being wider than is the part 5 at its mouth. The part 1 is well adaptedto receive the milk or other liquid, and the part is adapted to fit overthe neck of the bottle or 'other rece tacle whichv is to be filled.Owing-tothe aring forni of the part` 5, the. same maybe fwe'dged downtightly upon the neckoftheg bottle, thereby preventing a leakage of themilk or other liquid which passes through the screen 11. The part 5constitutes a base upon which the device is adapted to rest when not inuse, and the handle 2- may be employed as a lever for causing a forciblerelative rotalarge to titin the part 5, the part 5 under suchcircumstances constituting a receptacle adapted to receive the milkbefore the same passes through the screen `11 into the part l andthenceinto the receptacle. It is to be noted that the part 5 is of suchadiameter that it may be placed within the part 1 thus facilitating theshipping of the device and permitting the same to be disposed inArelatively small compass. In forming the shoulder 8 in the pa 5,.,a`groove 12 is fashioned in the outer fat: of the part 5, the groove 12being adapted to receive a cord (not shown), the extremity of Which maybe connected to the handle 2 when it is desired' to unite the parts land 5 in such a manner' that one of them cannot be lost.

`Having thus described the invention, what is'claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, a

1 pair' of funnel-shaped members Haring in opposite directions andprovided with telescoped cylindrical port-ions, the outer of saidcylindrical portions being Vprovided with 'a shoulder; a screen restingupon the shoulder and held thereagainst by the other of the 2,'In adevice of the class described, a

pair of funnel-shaped primary and secondary members flaring in oppositedirections, the primary member being of greater diameter at its widerend than the Wider end of `the secondary member, the members havingcylindrical telescoped parts, the cylindrical part of the primary memberitting within the cylindrical part of the secondary member and having anexternal 'shoulder adapted to engage the upper edge of the cylindricalpart of the secondary member, the cylindrical part of the secondarymember being provided with an internal shoulder; a screen locatedbetween the inner end of the cylindrical part of the primary member andthe internal shoulder of the secondary member gland interengagingelements uponthe cylindrical parts adapted to bind the screen betweenthe internal shoulder of the secondary member and the inner end of theprimary member and to force the external shoulder of the primary memberagainst the upper edge of the cylindrical part of the secondary member.

In testimony tha; I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT L. LYCH.

lVitnesses:

HUGH R. OREM, O. M. ANNEs'roN.

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